Anticreeper for rails



Aug. 28, 1923. 1,466,188

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UNlIE STATES raalte FRED QUIST, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

ANTICREEPER FOR RAILS.

Application led February 17, 1923. Serial No.v619,659.

T all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRED QUIsT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State ofk Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Anticreepers f'or Rails, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to railroad equipment and more particularly anti-creepers for rails.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of an anti-Creeper for the rails of railroad tracks, which will eliminate accidents due to the usual longitudinal creeping of the rails.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of an anti-Creeper for the rails of railroad tracks, which can readily be installed without altering the standard equipment of the railroad.

A still further object'of this invention resides in the provision of an anti-Creeper for the rails of railroad tracks, which is simple and durable in construction and cheap to manufacture and install.

Vith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of elements to be hereinafter. more fully set forth in the specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: j

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of a railroad track showing the elements ofthis invention in operative position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. B-is an enlarged sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

'F ig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of yoke member.

Fig. 5 is a detail bottom plan view of the locking pin.

4.5 Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the wedge.

In the present embodiment of this invention the letter A designates a railroad track comprising the usual ties B and rails C.

This invention includes a yoke member 5,

having a base 6, .and opposed inwardly xdirected flanges 7 which are suitably spaced from the adjacent upper surface of the base and beveled to provide pockets 8 for the reception of the opposite flanges of a standard rail.

The longitudinal wall 9 of one pocket 8 extends in alignment with one edge of the flange of a rail, while. the opposite longi-` tudinal wall 10 of the other pocket lies in- 50 clined to the other edge of the rail for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

Adapted to coact with the aforesaid yoke member 5 to rigidlyl secure the same in proper position on the rail flange is a wedge 11, which has a straight side 12 for bearing against the edge of the rail flange, and a beveled edge 13 for bearing against the beveled wall 10 o-f the pocket 8. This wedge 11 is provided with a series of vertically dis- 70 posed apertures 14,1 adapted to receive a locking pin 15 to retain the wedge in locked position on the yoke member.

The aforesaid locking pin 15 consists ofv a rectangular head 16 and shank 17, the lat- 75 ter of which is disposed in such relation` with the sides of the head that variations in the space between the selected aperture 14; and the adjacent side of the yoke member can be taken care of by the head to retain the wedge in locked` position.

In order tov lock an anti-,creeper of this character to the flange of a rail, the wedge is driven as far as possible between the wall 10 of the yoke member and the adjacent 85 edge of the rail flange and, after properly inserting the locking pin through the selected aperture of the wedge, the shank thereof is bent to prevent its removal. i

Although thel anti-Creepers are shown in 90 Fig. l as being' disposed between adjacent' ties to prevent longitudinal creeping in either direction, they'may be properly distributed at various points on the rails tol accomplish the desired results. M Y

TvVith this invention fully set forth, it is manifest an anti-Creeper for rails has been produced which will readily' accomplish the purposes of its adoption, and while the same depicts my present conception ofthe invention, I Vreserve the right to resort to such modications as fall Within the scope of the claim. Y

What I claim and desire to protect by Leti ters Patent is:

In an anti-Creeper of the character set forth comprising a, yoke member, having a stra-ight Walled pocket and a beveled Walled pocket in its upper surface, a Wedge having apertures the-rein for coacting with the bev- 10 eled Walled pocket, a locking pin for the Wedge, and a head on the pin with its, sides at different distances Jfrom the @entre of the looking pin.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRED QUIST. 

